Margaret Goodman, MDPresident

ABC 2019

VOLUNTARY ANTI-DOPING ASSOCIATION

MY BACKGROUND….• Former Nevada State Athletic Commission (NSAC) Chief Ringside

Physician

• Former NSAC Medical Advisory Board Chairman

• Former Medical Committee Chair, Association of Boxing Commissions

• Neurologist, Las Vegas, Nevada

• President/Founder, Voluntary Anti-Doping Association

IS COMBAT SPORTS DOING ENOUGH TO STOP PED USE??????????

WHO IS VADA AND WHAT WE DO:

• Promote clean sport by offering effective anti-doping programs for all compat sports athletes and athletic commissions

Contracted to test athletes leading up to their fight/year-round

501 C 3, non-profit established in 2011

•No administrative fee/no officer or board member is paid

VADA STATISTICS:Performed over 2000 urine/blood PED tests since 2011

Currently performing 40-50 tests/month with capability to do 2X

Test both boxers and MMA athletes

Approximately 60% of our test are done out-of-competition

We have tested worldwide using only WADA-accredited laboratories and certified doping collection officers from Cleraidium.

Adverse/positive = 5 % (at least twice the world average)

SOME COMMISSIONS WE HAVE DIRECTLY WORKED WITH:• Mike Mazzulli- Association of Boxing Commissions President

• California State Athletic Commission

• Nevada State Athletic Commission

• New York State Athletic Commission

• Oneida Indian Nation Athletic Commission

• Alabama Athletic Commission

• Quebec Boxing Commission

• Maryland State Athletic Commission

• Massachusetts State Athletic Commission

• Texas Combative Sports Program

WHAT IS TRUE SPORT IN BOXING AND MMA?• One fighter doesn’t have an unfair advantage over the other

• Fighters are evenly matched

• Both competitors enter competition healthy

• IN OTHER WORDS: EACH FIGHTER HAS AN EQUAL CHANCE OF SUCCESS

• This can’t happen unless……

FIGHTERS ARE REQUIRED TO COMPETE CLEAN!

STOP HIDING OUR HEADS IN THE SAND

THE ROAD TO CLEAN SPORT IN COMBAT SPORTS• UNIFORMITY! Uniformity! Uniformity

• All Fighters/All Commissions Participate

• WADA Accredited Laboratories

• Certified Doping Collection Officers

• Penalties/Suspensions

• Year-round unannounced testing

• At least for CHAMPIONSHIP FIGHTS!

EXAMPLES OF ADVERSE FINDINGS:

EPO/Erythropoietin S.A.R.M.’s (Selective Androgen Receptor Modulators)

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BENEFITS OF SARMS/OSTARINE

Developed to fight muscle wasting

Better strength

Increased lean mass gains

More indurance

Joint healing abilities

Anabolic (even at low doeses)

Avoids negative side effects of anabolic steroids & prohormones

Increase bone density

DOWNSIDE TO BLOOD DOPING

INCREASE Risk of:

STROKE

Heart attack

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HOW EASY IS IT TO BLOOD DOPE?????

Pills

Injection

Auto-transfusion

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WBC CLEAN BOXING PROGRAM (CBP)• Top 15 rated fighters in each weight class subject to year-round

unannounced testing of blood/urine

• Fighters required to watch webinar entitled Winning Fair With Clean Sport

• Fighters to follow policies & procedures as set forth by the CBP

• VADA administering the program

• All results reported to the WBC/fighters/representatives/commissions/appropriate registering body (i.e. ABC)

WHEREABOUTS APP

Enables athletes to constantly advise re: personal info, travel & changes to their whereabouts via their cell

Easy Account Creation

New users will simply download the app and click the ”Create Account” button.

Multilanguage Support

The app will initially support English, Japanese, Russian and Spanish. Support for additional languages will be available.

User Accounts

Three (3) levels of user accounts, each with their own set of functions.

• Athletes – Limited access to see and modify their information only.

• Doping Control Officers (DCOs) – Read only access to all athletes and their account information. DCOs will also be able to query the database and view maps.

• Administrators – Able to add, modify and delete any user record including athletes.

BASIC PED TESTING COSTS:As of August 1, 2019 urine only:•1. Doping Collection Officers: $550•2. WADA-Accredited Lab Fee (testing over 300 substances) will be approximately $200-250

EXPANDED TESTING:• Urine: exogenous testosterone (IRMS) approximately $450

• erythropoietin (ESA): $150

• Blood: hGH: $200– athlete biological passport: $120

– Expediting results approximately $50

WHY USE CERTIFIED DOPING COLLECTION OFFICERS?• 1. 100’s of hours of training

• 2. Insurance

• 3. Chain-of-custody adequately maintained

• 4. Paperwork maintained

• 4. EVERYONE THESE DAYS, INCLUDING FIGHTERS, HAVE AN ATTORNEY!

• Would you go to a doctor with no medical license???????

VADA CONTACT INFO

VADA-testing.orgMargaret@VADA-testing.org

Cell: 702-494-8243Office: 702-255-8785